In 1989, a farmer in Michigan by the name of Robert Reed noticed a mysterious sight on his property; a cluster of weather balloons tied to a Super 8 camera. He turned the camera over to the police and they … Continue reading Scott OT #173: The Night Thread Is Down in It (3/13)
As most of you have noticed from my posting of late, I recently signed up for the streaming site Mubi. Mubi has a neat gimmick; they have exactly 30 movies on their site at one time. When one movie leaves, … Continue reading Scott OT #172: The Mubi Night Thread (3/10)
Werner Herzog has made many amazing documentaries but my personal favorite of his is easily Grizzly Man. It tells the story of Timothy Treadwell, a man who spent a lot of time grizzly bears and (along with his girlfriend Amie … Continue reading Scott OT #171: The Night Thread of Grizzly Man (3/3)
It’s the end of the month, so it’s time for the best movies I watched for the first time in February. 10.) Mesrine: Killer Instinct directed by Jean-Francois Richet (2008), seen on Shudder 9.) Strangers When We Meet directed by … Continue reading Scott OT #170: The Last Night Thread of February (2/28)
To celebrate my third anniversary (and because How to Train Your Dragon 3 looks so damn good), I decided to dust off an old list I made: top 10 dragons! I decided to limit it to one dragon per franchise … Continue reading Scott OT #169: Dragons (A Night Thread) (2/24)
It’s February 24th, which marks the third anniversary of my first Avocado post, a discussion on a Criterion firesale (I bought Inside Llewyn Davis and the original Insomnia for it). (so damn good) I’d make a joke about this being … Continue reading Scott OT #168: The Day Thread Salutes Three Years of Scott Shitposts (2/24)
In response to a dearth of films by women on the latest Avocado Sight & Sound, I made a Night Thread header recommending a bunch of films directed (or co-directed) by women. The response was positive and a bunch of … Continue reading The Avocado Guide to Films by Women
I signed up for this Day Thread and then completely forgot about it until I was about to go to bed last night. So, here’s Beavis in a little Avocado hat: I’d try to get a picture of Sally in … Continue reading Scott OT #167: The Day Thread of Beavis in a Hat (2/9)
I’m proud of how the latest Avocado Sight & Sound went but I must confess I’m a little disappointed with the dearth of movies directed by women on there. Because of this (and because I like to give out recommendations), … Continue reading Scott OT #166: The Night Thread of Women Directors (2/8)
Here it is, the results for this years Avocado Sight & Sound poll. This was a year of upheaval for the poll, as the champion of the past two years (The Empire Strikes Back) tumbled several spots. 1.) The Big … Continue reading Avocado Sight & Sound Year III Results
It’s the end of the month, so it’s time for the best movies I saw for the first time in January. 10.) Turbo Kid directed by Francoid Simard, Anouk Whissell, & Yoann-Karl Whissell, 2015 (seen on Netflix) 9.) Shirkers directed … Continue reading Scott OT #165: The Last Night Thread of the Month (1/31)
Here it is, the world famous [Citation Needed] Avocado Sight & Sound!! We’re all here to determine what the favorite movies according to us are. Well The Empire Strikes Back remain at number one or will Raiders of the Lost … Continue reading Avocado Sight & Sound Year III
Since I had fun writing about Starscream yesterday, let’s do another Decepticon header! This time, it’s Unicron, the planet eating Transformer voiced by Orson Welles. He doesn’t have too much screentime in the film but every scene with him is … Continue reading Scott OT #164: The Day Thread of Unicron (1/12)
With Bumblebee out right now, I thought it would be good to showcase the last time a Transformers movie was any good with 1986’s Transformers: The Movie. Specifically, one scene: Starscream’s coronation. It is just a wonderful scene, mainly because … Continue reading Scott OT #163: The Night Thread of Starscream’s Coronation (1/11)
The American Society of Cinematographers recently unveiled a list of the best shot movies of the 20th century and it reminded me of the favorite movie shots threads I’ve done in the past. So, I decided it would be fun … Continue reading Favorite Shots from Movies
Today is the birthday of John McTiernan, director of two of the greatest action movies of all time, Die Hard and Predator (again). He’s directed numerous other popular movies like The Hunt for Red October, Die Hard With a Vengeance, … Continue reading Scott OT #162: The Day Thread of John McTiernan
In 1990, a video was released called Playground, about Michael Jordan. Here’s the description of it: “This made-for-video production mixes highlights of Michael Jordan from the ’80s with a fantasy storyline of a high school teen named Walt, who has … Continue reading Scott OT #161: The Night Thread of Michael Jordan’s Playground (1/7)
In 2010, Rolling Stone made a list of the 100 greatest music artists of all time. The list isn’t very good. (Eminem at 83? I actually like him but he’s not even close to deserving that spot.) However, it does … Continue reading Scott OT #160: The Day Thread has Neat Rock Pictures in It (1/5)
Federico Fellini launched the careers of many famous Italian actors and actresses… and a few kitsch icons, believe it or not. Let’s start with this guy from Fellini Satyricon: Not familiar with this guy, let’s so who his name is: … Continue reading Scott OT #159: The Night Thread of Kitsch Icons Starring in Fellini Movies (1/2)
The Razzie ballots for the “worst” movies of 2018 was unveiled yesterday and, shock of shocks, it’s terrible. It’s so awful, I decided to do a breakdown of its many failures. Also, I will be copying everything from the ballot … Continue reading The 2018 Razzie Ballot is Awful
I always do best movies I saw for the first time lists at the end of every month. Since some people like to do their own lists too (and because if I just did an entire post devoted to myself, … Continue reading The Best Movies We Saw for the First Time This Year
